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I t trrMATTERS OF MOMENT g gzv J JZNJMNT c THB THBSPORTINGANDDRAHATICWORLD TZSPORTINGANDDRAMATICWORLDSPORTINGANDDRAHATICWORLD SPORTINGANDDRAHATICWORLDl S Il nWhat Is s the t1ardest Position to on a Ball Ba T Twm earnBy TOMMY CLARK CLARKURING CLARKD CLARKLURING TRI L RING G a recent fanfest fanfesti tantastamong fanfestUD i among several big league leaguball leagueball leagueballU ball tossers the question questioncame Questioncame questioncamecame up as to which was wasthe wasthe wasthethe most moat difficult position to play pl od oda on ona 01 01aa team Opinions differed but the thamajority themajoritymajority majorlt of them selected tho poslUon poslUonofof backstop as the hardest on the thoteam th8team theteamteam teamNot teamNotteamotNot ot so many man years ago there would wouldhave wouldhae wouldhhave h e been but one answer as to which whichwasSthe whichwa whichwaswas wasSthe wa tho easiest position po ltlon on the team teamto teamto teamtoto play pia and this would have been first firstbase firstbue firstbasebase Leaving out the battery posi positions posltiona positions ¬tions shortstop would have been pick picked picked picked ¬ed as the hardest on the team Now Nowfirst Nowfirst Nowfirstfirst base is not considered the easiest easiestposition easiestposition easiestpositionposition by most of the players while whileaa good percentage of them do not con consider consider consider ¬sider shortstop the hardest Neither Neitherdo Neitherdo Neitherdodo the players agree as to the relative relativeamount relathoam01mt relativeamountamount of skill required in the dif different c1lrcrcnt different ¬ferent crcnt positions positionsAmong positionsAmong positionsAmongAmong outfielders the left station is israted Israted isratedrated rated as the most difficult to play phithat phithatil that thatIsIs when the sun field is not taken into intoconsideration Jutoconsideration intoconsiderationconsideration Tho reason for this is isthat I Ithat tothatthat loft hand batters when they hit hitto hitto hittoto left at all drive out balls that are areharder arehardOl areharderharder to handle than any other va variety varl variety ¬riety rl ty sent to the outer gardens A left leftfielder letlleldor leftfielderfielder must have a good ood pair of hands handsto handato handstoto negotiate such catches as the ball ballhas ballhas ballhashas a tendency tend6 c to break and twist out outof outof outofof the glove and must be grasped graspedfirmly grupodfirmly graspedfirmlyfirmly firmlyrenter firmlyenter firmlyVenterrenter enter field is the easiest of the thethree thethro thethreethree positions for a ball hit In that thatdirection thatdirection thatdirectiondirection has been met fair and square squareby squareb squarebyby b the bat and sails sais ils out on a ft pretty prettystraight prettystraight prettystraightstraight course with no disconcerting disconcertingchanges dl disconcertingchanges concertlng concertlngchangeschanges in thatdirectlon that direction The middle middlefielder middlellelder middleflelderfielder has more ground to cover than thaneither thaneither thanelthereither of his companions but his hiscatches hiscatches hlscatchescatches are comparatively easy eu Of Ofcourse orcour Ofcoursecourse cour > > e vhere here there th re are sun fields field that thatalters thatalters thataltersalters the argument altogether altogetherFirst altogetherFirst JtogctherFiratFirst base Is generally considered consideredsecond consideredFfcond consideredsecondsecond to center field 11e1 < 1 as an ear posi position position posttinn ¬tion but there is I a growing sentiment sentimentamgajr sentimentaa amgajr the players that a higher rating ratingsh ratingshff ratingshsh shff < 9uTd icf 1 be placed on the position when whenthe whenthe whenthethe right kind of man is covering the thebag thebag thebagbag Such men as Chase of the New NewYork NewYork NewYorkYork Americans Chance of the Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago ¬cago Nationals ational Davis of the Philadel Philadelphia Phlladolphia Philadolphia ¬phia Americans Hoblitzcll of tho Cincinnati Cin Cincinnati ClndnnaU ¬cinnati Nationals Tenney of the New NewYork NQ NQYork NewYorkYork Nationals and Konetchy of the theSt theSt theStSt Louis Nationals are virtually infielders In Inileldcrs Inlleldersfielders iri the ordinary ordinal acceptance of ofthe orthe ofthethe word outside of their duties of oftaking ortaklnb oftakingtaking thrown balls They The not only onlycover onlycover onlycovercover a lot of ground around the thebut ba babut begbut are required to use a lot of judg judgment judgment judgment ¬ment in handling bunts Foiythe Fo1 tho first firstbaseman firstbaseman firstbasemanbaseman who gets all there is out of ofthe otthe ofthethe position it is anything but an easy easyon easyonf easyoneon one On the other hand a good per percentage p per percentage r rren ¬centage ren e of the first basemen In major majorleague majorleague majorleagueleague company com pan manage to hold pletr pletrpositions thetrpositions helr helrpositionspositions through their ability to tohn tohndie han handle handie ¬die tad throws thro To play pIa this way WIl first firstbase firsthue firstbasebase is easily aU > the second easiest posi position position position ¬tion on the diamond diamondWhen diamondWhen diamondWhenWhen it comes to the most difficult difficultposition difficultposition difficultpositionposition the players are divided be betrveen betcen betweentrveen third base and shortstop A Agood Agood Agoodgood percentage of them consider considerthird considerthird ithird base a harder position to play pIaLawsuit In the First f = irst Produc Production Production ¬ i itiontion Here of Robertsons RobertsonsCaste RobertsonsCaste S SCasteiiiCasteiii Caste Gig g Lamps on the theSteers theSteers theSteersSteers of a Western Actor ActorBreezy ActorBreezy ActorBreezyBreezy Bits of Gossip About AboutWeli AboutWen AboutWellWen Known People of the theStage titeStage theStageStage StageBycBy FRANK H BROOKS BROOKSONCE BROOKSONCE BROOKSNCENCE a year the home where whereEdwin whereEdwinONCE Edwin Booth lived and died diednow diednow diednowU now the Players clubhouse cldbhouaejust clubhousejust cl bhouae bhouaejustjust a a step from the cityhome of Samuel J Tilden facingGramercy square New York city clt is isthrown Isthrown isthrownthrown open to ladies who are fortu fortunate fortunate fortunate ¬nate enough to be on the Players list listAnd 118tAnd listAndAnd it is easier for a socially soclaJl ambitious ambitiouswoman ambitiouswoman ambitiouswomanwoman to get on the waiting lUng list of the theFour theFour theFourFour Hundred HundredIf If there is such a list listthan 1Itthan listthanthan it is for her to get an Invitation Invitationfor invltation invltationfor Ifor ladles day at the Players Any Anywoman Anywoman i iwomanwoman who attends the annual recep reception recptlon reception ¬tion puts It down as an achievement achievementT4iethe reception just held at the historic historichouse historichousehouse was attended by many of a se select select select ¬ Ilect set As Isalways the case as asmany asman asmanymany man prominent actors as were in the thecity theclt thecitycity clt were there Any An one who is not notup notup notupup in the art of hospitality and who whoha whoha whohashas ha a a longing for that accomplish accomplishment accomplishment ¬ment ought to arrange to attend a In ladies Indies Indies ¬dies day at the Players There if ifanywhere Itanywhere ifanywhereanywhere Is seen een the delightful art artwhich artwhich I IIwhich many man believe has passed away awayThe awayThe I IThe IThe reception committee that meets the theinvited theInvited Iinvited guests at the entrance of the thehouse thehouseihouse is composed compo ed of actors who are at atthe atthe I Ithothe very ery zenith of the profession When Whenthe Whenthe Ithe committee ushers the guests Into Intotho Intotho intothetho great room at the head of the stair stairway stairway stairway ¬way the guests areiaken by another anothercommittee anothercommittee anothercommitteecommittee and conducted to the ample ampledining nmplcdining amplediningdining room where a collation is serv served served lervNl ¬ed that is the acme of perfection Then Thenfollows Thenfollows Thenfollowsfollows the ramble through the corri corridors corridors corridors ¬dors and rooms where the man of all allhis a11his allhishis time and profession passed the thedays thedays thedaysdays of Ills retirement All that he heloved heloed helovedloved at least all that was Inanimate InanimateIsIs there just as he left it Another Anothercommittee Anothercommit Anothercommitteecommittee commit tee conducts the guests through throughand throughand throughandand over this collection 1 concisely concise ex explaining explalnll1b explaining ¬plaining each article At the top of ofthe ofthe ofthethe house Is I the room where the great greattragedian greattragedian greattragediantragedian breathed his last Here are arethe arethe arethethe places where he rested the desk deskjust de deskjust k kjustjust as it was the last day da he sat there thereand theroand thereandand wrote the last chair in which he hesat hesat hesatsat when he looked out on the city and andthe andtho andthethe quaint bedstead in which hlch he lay in inthe Inthe inthethe last hours of the closing scene On Onthe Onthe Onthethe walls wall of this room Is tho picture of ofhis ofhis ofhishis wife as well as the pictures of oth others others others ¬ers who so often were his guests The Thereception Thereception Thereceptionreception on ladies day da lasts until the theshadows theshadovjs theshadossshadows shadovjs begin to creep in at the win windows windows windows ¬dows Then the lights are turned on onand onans1 onantiand the guests depart as music floods floodsthe floodsthe floodsthethe old house houseCasto houseCaste houseCasteCaste In Other Dayo DaysThe DayoThe DayoTheThe revival of Caste at the Empire Empireefciatfcc Empireaztc I Itjefciatfcc tj aztc 1 t a Ntvr N Tnrk ark vc p1j 1i a lawsuitLeading National and an American League Pitchers PitchersNew PitchersAlthough ftcorsAlthoughAlthough th the season Is stilt young oung a good line baa been given Oft the leading pitchers ot the two big leagues 111 the National athcwson o ofNew cw York Three Fingered Brawn of Chicago Ounnitx CA aaltz and Babe Adam ol 0 Plttaburg and Rucker of Brooklyn are the t e stars In the AmericanWalsh of Chicago Addle Joa Jon of Cleveland who recently receatl twirled a no hit game against a lnat Chicago and Mullin of Detroit D trolt lead the junior associationthan short They contend that what whatcounts whatcounts whatcountscounts most at shortstop is the nat natural natural natural ¬ural ability to cover short ground andmake throws and that a mechanically mechanicallyperfect mechanicallyperfect I Iperfectperfect shortstop has no trouble In intaking fntakingtaking care of his hi positionI In playing third they say sa more a third sacker Is of little value as 8 the thehfadwork thehPAdwork th thheiadwork ehfadwork is required as well 011 as speed batter will fool him continually band by byand bi and a good arm Without a good head headhunting bunting when he is not looking for the th elADIES Mm Wiw DAY AT TUE 11 PltYERS mj WEN fj IIUMPTY UfVlPTY DUMPTY FOX OX PLAYED HAMLETLester Wallack had ha secured the right rightto 1 ito 1toto bring it out in New York Billy BillyFlorence BlUyFlorence BillyFlorenceFlorence had seen the play pIa in London Londonand Londonand Londonandand rewrote it from memory memor He Heclaimed Heclaimed Heclaimedclaimed no rights He produced it itfrom Ittrom Itfrom ifrom his notes In 1S 1S61 7 Wallack sued suedout suedout suedout Iout an injunction After a hearing hrln of ofthe ofthe ofthethe cas caN the judge refused the injunc injunction injunction injunction ¬tion Florence went on with the play playand playand playandand It was a brilliant audience that thatgreeted thatgreeted thatgreetedgreeted him It is also al o recalled In connection con connection connection ¬nection with that production that Mrs MrsFrank MrsFrank MrsFrankFrank Chanfrau wag in the company companyWallack companVallnck companyWallackWallack presented the piece in 1S 1S69 In1874 it was played at the old UnionSquare Union UnionSquare UnionSquareSquare for a benefit to Jennie Lee J JH JH JHH Stoddart was in the cast The last lastnotable lastnotable lastnotablenotable revival In New York was at atthe atthe t tthethe Knickerbocker theater when John JohnHare JohnHare JohnHareHare and his London company present presented presented presented ¬ed It It When Caste was brought outat out outat outatat Wallacks a second time In 1SS7 1S37one 1SS7one lSSioneone of the members of the companywas company companywas comp8nrwaswas F W Yo Robertson son of the authorof author authorof authorotof the play playGig pIa pIaGig playGigGig Lamps on the Steers SteersPercy SteersPerc SteersPercyPercy Perc Heath Is the most mo t voluminous voluminousstory voluminousstory voluminousstorystory teller connected with the publicity publicitydepartment publicitydepartment publicitydepartmentdepartment of the theatrical business businessWitnets businessWltn businessWitnessWitness Wltn s a sample reeled reel d oft by himwhile him himwhile himwhUewhile watching the Interests d df his hisboss h hboss hisbossboss Frederic Thompson ThompsonFrank Thomp1OnFrank TltompionFrankFrank Bacon who takes the character charac character cha ac acter ¬ter of the old druggist drug lst In The For Fortune Fortune Fortune ¬tune Hunter Is when at home on his hisranch b15ranch hisranchranch of many acres between San SanFrancisco SanFrancisco SanFranciscoFrancisco and San Jose a cattle breeder breed breeder breeder ¬er and fruit grower In one tract ofhis of ofhis orhishis land a 3 herd of high jumping cattle cattleroam cattleroam cattleroamroam Not satisfied with the ground groundallotted groundaUotted groundallottedallotted them by Bacon the cattle cattleto cattletobe cattletobe to tobobe exact three of the herd herdused used to toleap toleap toleapleap the fence at will and wander pro promiscuously promlcuouBly promiscuously ¬miscuously on the acres of Bacons Baconsneighbors Baconsneighbors Baconsneighborsneighbors Lawsuits for damages be became became became ¬came numerous Bacon got to think thinking thinkInS thinking ¬ing He had heard of a Paris firm that thatmade thatmade thatmademade goggles for animals anlmn anima A measure measurement measurement measurement ¬ment of the three fence jumpers was wasforwarded wasforwarded wasforwardedforwarded and in due time the gig giglamps biglamps giglampslamps arrived It was a a great day on ontho onthe I Ithethe Bacon ranch when the lamps were wereadjusted wereadjusted wereadjustedadjusted on them steers Then the thejumpers thejum thejumpersjumpers jum > ers were turned loose They head headed headed headed ¬ed for the neighboring fence Of course coursethe coursethe coursethethe specs made the fence seem verynear very verynear verynearnear When within seventyfive 8eent fie feet feetof feetof feetofof the wire the steers raised them themselves themselves themselves ¬selves in the air When they the came camedown camedown camedowndown they thc saw that they were not notover notoer notoverover by many feet For a a moment they theylooked the thelooked theylookedlooked as If they realized that the joke jokewas jokewas jokewaswas on them Then they turned tail tailand tailandand wont full tilt bellowing like mad madIn madIn madinIIn the direction whence they had start started started started ¬ed They never attempted to climb the thefence thefencefence afterward But they thc are stillnearing still stillwearing stillwearing Iwearing the gig gll lamps The win windows wlndos windews ¬dos come high but they are not as asexpensive asI asexpansiveI expensive as lawsuits lawsuitsPop lawsuitsPop lawsuitsPopPop Wood Who Saw Humpty HumptyDumpty Hu1nptyDumpty HumptyDumptyDumpty Fox Play HamletOver Hamlet HamletOvor HamletOvorOvor at the Hudson theater New NewYork NewYork NewYorkYork Henry B Harris pet enterprise enterpriseisis a stage sta e door man whose name is I IC IC ICC Wood He started in the theatrical theatricalbusiness theatricalbusiness theatricalbusinessbusiness with George L Fox inHumpty In InHumpty inHumptyHumpty Dumpty Although seventytwo seventy seventytwo seventytwotwo years of age Ms mind is clear clearand clearrandIand his mental ental faculties are acute In ¬teresting character is Wood Yqod V Od He serv served ser serIn served ¬ed In the navy in the old frigate Inde Independence Independenco Indspendence ¬pendence and was for four years In Inthe Inthe inthethe army during the civil war as a amember amembermember of the One Hundred and Thir ¬tyninth New York volunteer In 1SSS 1SSShe lS6She 1S6Shehe was stage door keeper of the oldOlympic old oldOlympic oldOlOlympic Ol mplc theater In Now W York The Thehouse Thehou8 Thehousehouse hou8 was formerly formerl f rmerly known as Laura LauraKeenes LauraKtfnes LauraKeenesKeenes Varieties John A Duff tookthe lease and started out with George GeorgeLL Fox In Humpty Dumpty as his hisfirst hisfirst hisfirstfirst attraction attra < tIn Pop Wood 000 tells the thefollowing thefnllowlnh thefollowingfollowing story st tory ry of how ho the th late lot > Augus Augustin Augustin Augustintin Daly became identified Id ntlfld with the the thISome > me Play 9aWomei Women lV 8men Who Please the Publici fA fA04iri04iri 1i TEMPSj 9 AJOEI1ILTON1i AUDEI91LTDN AUDEI91LTDNTEMPSj bST USQN ON t I Ioo > JtPLAYGOERS P lLAYGOERS in Rochester and Buffalo Buf BufL Bu i ifaloL falo N Y andout In Detroit DetroitMich DetroitMich DetroitMichMich know bettor than playgoers of ofNew ofNew ofNewNew York who Jessie Bonstello IB IBShe iaShe inSheShe has a circuit that takes in the thefirst thefirst thefirstfirst three cities named and manages managesthe managesthe managesthethe people who play In that circuit circuitShe circuitShe circuitSheShe engages her own company contracts con contracts contracts ¬tracts for the theaters where they th y ap appear appear appearpear and arranges with playwrights playwrightsand pla playwrightsand wrjghts wrjghtsandand managers mann ers for such productions as assli asshcvants asslisli shcvants wants ants She also personally directsthe directs directsthe directsthethe business that includes the manu manufacture manufacture manufacture ¬facture of properties and the building buildingofof scenery She goes on the road in inthe Inthe inthethe summer time and superintends her horbusiness herbusiness herbusinessbusiness At a moments notice she shecan shecan shecancan lay a ay aside her managerial dutiesand duties dutiesand dutiesandand take a part in any play that is isunder Isunder isunderunder her direction for she Is a clever cleveractress cleveractress cleveractressactress Any playgoer who saw her in inThe InThe inTheThe Faith Healer played by Henry HenryMiller HenryMiUer HenryMillerMiller and his company will remem remember remember remember ¬ber that Jessie Bonstelle shared hon honors honors honors ¬ors with the star Miss Bonstelle will willnext willnext willnextnext season bring out under her own ownmanagement ownmanagement ownmanagementmanagement Caroline Duers new play playBirds p10 p10Birds playBirdsBirds of Passage Miss Duer Is a acousin acousin acousincousin of Mrs Clarence H Mackay Macka and anda andaa member of a very old and wealthy wealthyNew wealthyNew wealthyNewNew York family familyMiss iaml1yMIss familyMissMiss Chrystal Herne received herfirst her herfirst herfirstfirst stage instructions from her fa father father father ¬ther James A Herne the actor and andplaywright andplaywright andplaywrightplaywright than whom there was wast wasAt AI0 GHRY5T4 1E hEftNEF Ct f fa anone greater in his line in his day dayMiss da da1l1s8 dayMissMiss Herne will be starred early in thefall the thefall theCanfall season In a new play pIa under thedirection the thedirection theIdirection of Messrs Liebler Co CoMiss CoMiss CoMissI Miss Bessie Bes lo Abbott will be seen thecoming the thecoming thecomingcoming season In the new light grand grandopera grandODera grandoperaopera Ysobel by Pietro Mascagnl Ma5 Mascagnit gn1tThe opera will be the first foreign foreignwritten forelgnI foreignwrittenwritten grand opera to be brought out outIn outIn outInI In the United States prior to its pro production production production ¬duction In Europe It will be sung en entirely enUrely entirely ¬tirely in Italian and will be conducted conductedihere conductedhere conductedhereihere here by Signor Mascagnl personally personallyiThe personallyThe personallyTheiThe The production will be under the di dlJ Jplay tla or by placing the ball where hecannot he hecannot hecannotcannot handle h ndle it It Throws by the thirdbaseman thirdbaseman must be fast and hard and andhe andhehe must be quick on his feet In orderto order orderto ordertoto get the ball ballTaking b ballTaking 11 11TakingTaking the entire team intoconsid intoconsideratlon Into consld conslderation considerationeration the players are pretty tr < < tt well wellagreed wellagreedagreed that the hardest place to play pia playandand get out of the position all that Is Isin isinin It is behind the bat Good headwork head headworkwork is necessary In order tq do this thisand thisandand along with It good ood feet feeta feet a strong strongarm strongarm strongarmarm and a good eye ec are required r qulred The Thecatcher Thecatcher Thecatchercatcher can make or unmake unmakethe < the av average a aerage average ¬erage pitcher and his services serplt + es are arepracticallypractically Invaluable if he plays pl s the theposition theposition thepositionposition as it should be played playe playedWhileWhile third thir base along with short shortandand the catchers position po > > IUon Is consid consideredered rather difficult according to some someot someofof the stars Hobe Ferris the former formercrack formercrack formercrackcrack third baseman of the St Louis LouisAmericans LouisAmerican5 LouisAmericansAmericans does d s not agree with them themIn themIn themInIn talking recently about the job of ofholding ofholdingholding down the third station Per Perrls Perrisrls said Honestly speaking from fromaa worklngmans standpoint end nd considering con considering conslderlnJ ¬sidering the amount of labor In Involved Involved involved ¬volved I would rather play pIa tf tflrd t > ird sack sackthan sukthan sackthanthan coach When hen I went toto the thebusiness thebuslne8 thebusinessbusiness of playing professional base baseball Q seball se ¬ball eight years years ago I naturally luled luledto tried triedto triedtoto pick out the softest job and finallydecided finally finallydecided tlnaUdecided third base was about ab ut the theeasiest theeasiest theeasiesteasiest place in sight The Theharde hardestplace hardest t tplaeeplace Why 1 h1 nowhere but second secondbaae HCOndbae secondbasebase Theres a position that tries a amansmans soul soules yes his patience and hisnerve his hisnervenerve as well A second sacker has a athousand athousand athousandthousand things to think of where a athird athirdthird baseman has one Third baseWhy base hueVhWhy Vh > even if I were a Bill Bradley or ora orIt oraa Devlin I would be almost < ashamed Asbllmedtoto take my salary saJa for playing that po position positionsitionUmps Life No Happy One OneThe OneThe OneTheThe umpires task t is a thankless oneat one oneat oneatat beet Billy Evans calls ca11eutoatlon ca11eutoatlonto attention attentiontoto the fact that the meanest of base baseball basebaU barelull ¬ball players can now and then earnapplause earn earnapplause earnapplauseapplause from the stands but none noneever noDeever noneeverever heard a crowd give an umpire umpirethe umpirethe umpirethethe glad hand for good work workSurely workSurely workSurelySurely it is in the worst out of taste to tojeer tojeerjeer an official who is doing an un unpleasant unpleasant unpleasant ¬pleasant duty dut to laugh when he e i ifs hit hitby hitby hitbyby a pitched ball or to abuse him be becaue becausecause the game is S not going right rlchtFortunately rightFortunatelyFortunately umpires are w well eil U paid toendure to toendure toendureendure as well as to judge or there therewould therewould therewouldwould be few to take tak the thankless thanklessposts tAankiessts thanklesspostspostsShould posts postsShould ts tsShouldShould Managers Listen to Fans FansThe FansTheThe statement made by Fred Clarke Clarkerecently Clarkerecently Clarkerecentlyrecently that he let Bill Abstein go to toSt toSt toStSt Louis because he realized that the thelatter thelatter thelatterlatter had ended his usefulness to the thePittsburg thePttt thePittsburgPittsburg Pttt burg team owing to the fact that thattne thatthethe home fans were against IDIt him himbrings himbrings I Ibringsbrings up one of the most interesting interestingproblems InterHUngproblems interestingproblemsproblems of baseballHis baseball baseballHis I IHlaHis cafe ca is identical with that of ofFred otFred ofFredFred Merkle of the New = ew York Giants Giantsand Giantsi Giantsiand Giantsand iand the two offer almost a parallel parallelMerkle parallelMerkleI Merkle erkle made his famous break b k twoyears two twoII years ago when he failed to touch a abasebase and as a result the New = ew York YorkGiants YorkGiants YorkGiantsGiants lost the National Ulonal league eaSue pen pennant pennant pennant ¬nant to Chicago the Cubs Cub afterwardatrical business in the United States StatesJohn Stat StatesJohnJohn A Daly was as the name we e first firstknew fir firstknew t tknewknew him by He H first came around aroundthe Aroundth aroundthethe th theater after aft r he had married Mr MrDuffs MrDuffs Olr Olroo Duffs daughter Daly was w then a4JJ < Vfty ftyBESBES 6ESSiERBBOTi IEABB01Jrectlon of Messrs Liebler Co It is isbased Isbased isbasedbased on the story of Lady Godiva GodivaMiss GodlvaMiss GodivaMissMiss Marie Tempest who Is playing playingthe p1aylngthe playingthethe part of Polly Pol1 In Frohmans i revivalof revival revivalof revivalorof Robertsons Caste written and andfirst nndfirst andfirstfirst acted way wa back in the sixties and andnow andnow andnownow running at the Empire theater theaterNew theaterNew theaterNowNew York played the same part on onthree onthree onthreethree occasions in London She says saysshe saysshe sa S S3heshe la particularly fond of the char character character character ¬acter acterMiss acterMiss acterMissMiss Elsie Ferguson plays the role of ofEstherEsther according to the method methodas as she sheconceives sheconcC1ve shezoncelvexconceives it today todayKES todayMts todayMtsMts 2teud IZ ud Milton plays the mar marquise marquise marquise ¬quise She wishes she might be per permitted permitted permitted ¬mitted to cut some of the speeches spe ches she shehas shehashas to speak and confesses j jat at they theyare theyare theyareare tiresome t1r somecapturing the worlds championship championshipAsAs a result Merkle got in bad with theNew the theNew theXewNew York fans and it cannot be said saidthat saidthat saidthatthat he has even 6v n really real got back into intotheir Inotheir intotheirtheir good graces again Incidentally Incidentallyhis J JII his record as a ball player has not notbeen notbeen notbeenbeen what hat was expected before the thebreak thebreak thebreakbreak and it is a question right now newwhether nowwhetherwhether McGraw would not give much muchto mueftto muchtoto have a 8 better man on first McGraw McGrawstuck McGrawtstuck IcGrawftuckstuck ftuck to Merkle through his trouble troublebut troublebut troublebutbut It is sun a question whether he hewould hewould e ewouldwould not have aided the youngster youngstermore youngstermore youngstermoremore had he allowed him to go to tosome toBOrne tosomesome other club where he would not nothave nothac nothavehave had to face the opposition he ha haIn bu buIn hasinIn New N ew York Clarke on the ether otherhand etherbaBd etherhandhand has sent t Abetw Abstein ln to another club chiband cluband slabandand league end given tven him a eUaocfrto eUaocfrtomake c chancetomake to tomakemake a fresh start tart These cases and andothers aJMlothers andothersothers almost as prominent lead to the thaquestion ta taquestion thequestionquestion of whether It is not better tetter to tosecure tose issecuresecure se < ure a young player than to keep all allexperienced akexperienced ahexperiencedexperienced one who is 1 in bad be with wttbthe wtUIthe withthethe fans and has not their encourage encouragement eIIeCHIragement eACoaragemeat ¬ment to help him winPolicing win winPolicing winPolicingPolicing the Big Fight FightOn FightOn FightOnOn the coast it is becoming becoml the cus custom custom cus custom ¬tom to insure the referee The TheMaJt TheMaJttho man manhis manwhowho tho Is to rule in favor of jo Jobnson JllOft III IIIhis luhishis battle with Jeffries should it he henecessary litenecessar benecessarynecessary necessar will ill probably bo classed as asan asan l lanan extra xtra hazardous risk riskWhich rigkWhlch riskWhichWhich reminds one to inquire it ifthere itthere ittherethere is any possibility of turmoil turmoilarising turmoUanaing turmoilarisingarising when nen the championship is isfought isfoughtfought July 4 No 0 announcement has hasyet hasyet U Uetyet et been made but it is likely ItJctl that tbattlae tbattlaepilton thepavilion the thepavilionpavilion will 11I have to tl be heavily po policed policed ¬Forty or fifty Aft thousand persons personsof pee peeot i iofof all descriptions will m be assembled assembledand ueemWe4and assembledandand the least dissatisfaction with the theruling tMruling therulingruling of the official may ma furnish r rSfMMt a aspark a asparkspark for trouble troubleItIt Is not the least of the problems proMemsthe pro1t1emsthe problemsthethe promoters of this fight ftJhtfacetJ ftJhtfacetJeon facethe facethecontrolling face tfee tfeecontrollingcontrolling eon trolling of the passions of battle battlecrazed 1taUlacraed battlecrazedcrazed enthusiasts enthusiastsThe entin enthusiastsThe Suu SuuTheThe Murray Case CaseThe CaseThe CaseTheThe black eye which failure of the thePhiladelphia th thPhiladelphia t tPhUaGelphlaPhiladelphia club to come to a a settle settlement We Wemeatmeat with jth former Manager Murray Xltuayplued Murrayplacedplaced on the National league seora seorato Be Beto seemsto have been bee wiped out outlurraY outMurrayMurray ha ha never been given gif an credit cre creditfor tt ttforfor what hat he accomplished at Pfetta PhQadeJphta PhibtdelphiadeJphta It was as his hi reeourcefulaeec reeourcefulaeecwhich rOlMurceCwJMiIiChkhwhich hkh built up the present team teamWhat teuDWWhat W t is more this same team would wouldhave wouldhae wouldhavehave been a much greater factor lutorla lutorlathe In Iathe Inthethe race last year had it not been beeafm beeafmtae forthe for forthethe interference with Murray UITay by some someot someofof the owners of the club It doe does not nothelp AOthelp nothelphelp a managers work ork to have haniDtH haniDtHIduals todi tiNlividualsviduaJs who ho know little lIttI or nothing nothingabout nothingabout notis notisaboutabout the game to make trades swell swellas MI seekas t tasas the MageeforDonlin affair which wldehcreated whichcreatedcreated the split between Murray athe a athe d dthethe club Ne Nesane sane man would have havemade haT haTmade havemademade such a trade and It was as wbll whl1he while whilehehe was u protecting the club by refuc refucing reCusIng refusinging to sanction this tl s deal that Murray Murraypaved Xurra Xurrapapaved pa ed the way to lose lo e his h position positionThose po positionThose ttJoa ttJoaThOMThose who know Murray have M lost loeiconfidence Iostconfidence1 1confidenceconfidence in his ability ablltt and it would wouldnot wouldnoti not be surprising to see him bob up at atthe atthe atthethe head of one of the major league leagueteams Ie Ieteams leagueteamsteams befor betorgi the present resent season is isover iso isofof over o en rI newspaper n w paptr man and Duff took him In IBand Inand inandand made him his business manager managerIt manageItIt wasnt warn t long before he h became the thebig thebit thebigbig bit figure in the theatrical business in inNew I IXw ixNewNew f t York with two theaters the teu th thGrand OM OMGrand theGrandGrand Opera House Hou and the old Madi Madison XadJi Madison ¬i son Square which he h named Dalys Dalystheater D81ystheAter Dalystheatertheater I knew Booth and Barrett E BL EL ELL Davenport and John McCullough McCuItoughBarrett McCulloughBarrett McCulloughBarrttBarrett was very friendly friendl with us usaround Haround usaroundaround the stage but Booth seemed to tobe tobe tobebe always laboring under a spirit of ofdepression ordepression ofdepressiondepression I think Edwin Forrest was wasand wasthe as asthethe greatest aetor actor I have er known knownand knownandand one of the finest men too Every Everybody Everybod Everybody ¬body bod had a 8 good word ord for him and he hehad hehad hehadhad a good word for everybody ee bod Th Thpeople The Thepeople Thepeoplepeople In his company idolized him himand himand himandand he had more friends among the theater theater theater ¬ater goers than all the other actors of ofhis olhis ofhishis time put together And maybe ma be you youthink youthink OU OUthinkthink George Fox wasnt a good actor actorII remember once on once e at the old Olympic Olympictheater Olympictheater t ttheatertheater he h gave Ye a travesty on Hamlet Ham Hamlet Hamlet ¬let let and a brilliant audience witnessed witnessedhishis hi performance In one box sat E L LDavenport LDavenport LDavenportDavenport in another box John Mc McCullough loeCu1Jough McCulloughCullough Edwin Booth occupied a third thirdand thirdand thirdandand Lawrence Barrett a fourth After Afterthe Arterthe Afterthethe performance I was standing along alongside aIODSside alongside ¬side of Mr r Duff our manager and andthey andtheythey came back to congratulate Fox on onhis Ofthis onhishis performance All declared that it itwas itwas itwaswas one of the best things they the had hadever hadever hadeverever seen The gravefclgging grave lgging scene was wasvery wasvery S Sytvery yt effective for a burlesque The Thetwo Thetwo Thetwotwo graved gravediggers Iggers were played by bythe bythefamous the thefamous thefamousfamous team called the Queen sisterswho sisters sisterswho sisterswhowho while digging the grave e saag saagFive saagFive sangFiveFive Oclock In the Morning and that thatsong ttsongsong was picked up by everybody everybodyta everybodytaNew la laNew InNewNew York and was as big a hit in its itsday UsdaY s sdayday as After the Ball or any other othersong big bigsong bfesongsong success since that time timeWORTH timeWORTHi iWORTHWORTH KNOWING THATThey THAT THATThey THATTheThey The usually call him Edward Ever Everlasting EerlAsting Everlasting ¬lasting Evergreen Eternal Rice acting actingmanager actingmanager actingmanagermanager for Henry B Harris He Is Isthe Isthe isthethe man who brought out Evangeline Evangelineatat NIblos Garden Gar en in 1874 At that time timehe timehe timehehe was advertising adertlsin agent for a steam steamship steamship steamship ¬ship company His success with withEvangelinc whhEangclinc 1 1EvangelineEvangelinc induced him to quit his hiesteamship bisntOflmshlp hissteamshipsteamship connection In his stage ca career career career ¬reer of thirtyone years he has pro produced produced produced ¬duced fortyone plays He made the thecombination tMi thecombinationi combination of W H Crane and Stu Stuart StuI Stuart ¬I art Robson and put Richard Mansfield Mansfieldin IonsieklInin The Mikado when it opened in inBoston iJiBoston isBostonBoston To name the people who ap appeared appeared appeared ¬peared under Rices management is to tocall toClll tocallcall the roll of many notables of the thestage thestage thestagestage stageFrederic stageFrederic stageFredericFrederic Thompson Mabel TaMafer Tallwforros TaMaferros TaJIaorrosros husband will play pla a summer root roofgarden rootgarden rootgardengarden in New Ne York against Luna LunaPark LunaPark LunaParkPark at Coney Cffie Island tltlo of the thepiece thepiece thepiecepiece The Comic Supplement prin principal principal principal ¬cipal female role by b Maude Raymond Raymondlyrics PajmCndhrlcs Paynnondlyricslyrics and music by b Harry HarI Williams Williamsand WiUlamsand Wfllleznsandand Edgar Van Alstyne AlstyneThere AlstI1eThere AlstyneThereThere will be a posthumous play pIa of ofCharles olCharles ofCharlesCharles H Eo Hoyt > t Rosemary for a asummer a asummer asummersummer tour Seems that Hoyt wrote wrotethe wrotethe wrotethethe prologue and one act just before he hedied hedied hedieddied Act 2 has been added from Koyt Koytmemoranda Ho I Imemoranda imemorandaamemoranda The name of the play pIa is isA isA isAA Bunch of Blue Ribbon Harry GIl Gllfoll GIlfoU Gilfoilfoil will 111 be the young man in the pro proloeuei loeue and an old man in the acts